Geek Girl Rising: Inside the Sisterhood Shaking Up Tech by Heather Cabot and Samantha Walravens will soon be coming to the small screen.
The synopsis for Geek Girl Rising reads:
Meet the women who aren’t asking permission from Silicon Valley to chase their dreams. They are going for it — building cutting-edge tech startups, investing in each other’s ventures, crushing male hacker stereotypes, and rallying the next generation of women in tech. With a nod to tech trailblazers like Sheryl Sandberg and Marissa Mayer, Geek Girl Rising introduces readers to the fearless female founders, technologists, and innovators fighting at a grassroots level for an ownership stake in the revolution that’s changing the way we live, work, and connect. Readers will meet Debbie Sterling, inventor of GoldieBlox, the first engineering toy for girls, which topples the notion that only boys can build; peek inside YouTube sensation Michelle Phan’s ipsy studios, where she is grooming the next generation of digital video stars while leading her own mega e-commerce beauty business; and tour the headquarters of The Muse, the hottest career site for millennials, and meet its intrepid CEO, Kathryn Minshew, who stared down sexism while raising millions of dollars to fund the company she co-founded. These women are the rebels proving that a female point of view matters in the age of technology and can rock big returns if you have a big idea and the passion to build it.
According to Variety, Kelly Ripa and her husband Mark Consuelos will develop the book as a scripted television series for ABC. They will also executive produce.
The book has yet to hit shelves, but St. Martin’s Press will be publishing it on May 23.
Kelly, who still headlines Live! with Kelly, probably knows a bit about making waves in a male-dominated industry. This is definitely a series to keep an eye on.